Bug#643565: [akregator] Missing menu item in Gnome

[Sune Vuorela]

[dropping submitter]
On Tuesday 27 September 2011 20:35:22 Josselin Mouette wrote:
> As soon as KDE, Java and hplip maintainers fix their desktop entries to
> add appropriate NoDisplay and OnlyShowIn fields, we’d be happy to drop
> that hack.

I'm not sure how a OnlyShowIn=KDE for akregator would have prevented the user 
from filing a bug about not being able to see Akregator in the Gnome menu.

If you have specific requests for apps that shouldn't be shown in Gnome, then 
let us discuss that. 

I unfortunately think that it will be hard to reach a proper agreement, since 
we seem to fundamentally disagree wether or not users should be allowed to 
choose to use the apps they have installed. And I'm not sure I get the 
criteria for getting blacklisted.

For example. Graphical email clients:
KMail has a desktop file is blacklisted and doesn't have a OnlyShowIn

Evolution has a desktop file and is not blacklisted and doesn't have a 
OnlyShowIn

Claws-mail has a desktop file and is not blacklisted and doesn't have a 
OnlyShowIn

Icedove has a desktop file and is not blacklisted and doesn't have a 
OnlyShowIn

I don't fully get the pattern for what to - or not - blacklist, and I do think 
that in several cases the KDE default apps is better than the Gnome similar 
ones, and vice versa. I really think we are doing our users a disfavour by not 
allowing them to easy access the applications they have chosen to install.

/Sune
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